Incorporation of final survey data has resulted in revisions to estimates for:

Long term asset backed bonds; Residential Mortgages; Non-Residential Mortgages; Other Loans; and Other assets in table 1;

Long and Short term asset backed securities issued within Australia; Loans and placements; and Other liabilities to residents in table 2;

Residential Mortgages; Other loans to households; and Loans to private non-financial corporations in table 3.

INQUIRIES

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SUMMARY COMMENTARY

MAR QTR KEY FIGURES

Securitisers, Australia - Assets and Liabilities, December 1988 to Current

Dec Qtr 2005

Mar Qtr 2006

% change Dec Qtr 2005 to Mar Qtr 2006

$m

$m

%

Total assets at end of qtr

194 989

204 833

5.0

of which

Mortgages

Residential

143 836

152 762

6.2

Non-residential

12 374

12 723

2.8

Total liabilities at end of qtr

194 989

204 833

5.0

of which

Asset backed Securities

Issued domestically

103 170

109 907

6.5

Issued off shore

66 996

69 906

4.3

Assets of Securitisers

At the end of the March quarter 2006, total assets of Australian Securitisers were $204.8b, up $9.8b (5.0%) on the revised total for the end of December quarter 2005.

PERCENTAGE CHANGE IN TOTAL ASSETS, from previous quarter

Mortgage assets, which accounted for 80.8% of total assets, were $165.5b at the end of March 2006, an increase of $9.3b (5.9%) on the revised end of December quarter 2005 total. Residential mortgages increased by $8.9b (6.2%), and non-residential mortgages increased by $0.3b (2.8%).

NET ACQUISITION OF MORTGAGES DURING QUARTER

Asset backed securities

The increase of $9.8b in total assets during the March quarter 2006 was financed primarily by an increase in asset backed securities issued domestically (up $6.7b, 6.5%), with an increase in both long term (up $5.8b, 7.1%) and short term asset backed securities issued (up $0.9b, 4.3%).

There were also increases in asset backed securities offshore (up $2.9b, 4.3%) and other liabilities to non-residents (up $1.3b, 9.6%).

INCREASE IN ASSET BACKED SECURITIES, from previous quarter

Asset backed securities issued overseas fell slightly to 34.1% of total liabilities at the end of the March quarter 2006, down 0.2 percentage points on the end of the December quarter 2005 figure. Asset backed securities issued domestically increased to 53.7% of total liabilities at the end of March 2006 (up 0.7 percentage points).

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